Company and portfolio news and updates

Nooks, a virtual workspace targeting distributed teams, has attracted thousands of users and millions of dollars in venture capital. The Stanford student-led upstart has raised a $5 million seed round led by Tola Capital.

Industrial analytics and machine monitoring platform MachineMetrics today announced that it closed a $20 million Series B funding round led by Teradyne, an industrial automation and robotics company.

Embroker, a digital broker focused on business insurance, aims to become a full-stack insurance carrier – an expansion of its strategy enabled by $100 million in new venture capital financing.

Assignar, construction operations platform for self perform general contractors and subcontractors, has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by Fifth Wall with follow on from existing investor, Tola Capital.

Every tech vendor has to pass security muster with customers, typically a tedious activity involving answering long questionnaires. Kintent, a new startup that wants to automate this process, announced a $4 million seed round.